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So what the hell is embodiment and why am I boring you talking about it rather than just talking about all the cool shooting, and explosions, and smart design in the game? Well, it’s going to help us understand why certain design decisions in Synapse are so effective. So stick with me here for just a minute.

Embodiment is a term I use to describe the feeling of being physically present within a VR experience. Like you’re actually standing there in the world that’s around you.

And now your reasonable response is, “but don’t we already use the word immersion for that?”

Well colloquially people certainly do, but I want to make an important distinction between ‘immersion’ and ‘embodiment’.

‘Immersion’, for the purposes of our discussion, is when something has your complete attention. We all agree that a movie can be immersive, right? When the story or action is so engrossing it’s almost like nothing outside of the theater even exists at that moment. But has even the most immersive movie you’ve ever seen made you think you were physically inside the movie? Certainly not.

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Let me double down on that statement a little bit. I have always looked at the technologies evolving out of AR as a solution for VR locomotion and discomfort. When consumers are finally living with ‘all-day XR glasses,’ which can map their living or working spaces in real-time and allow them to dip in and out of VR and MR modally, users will begin to actively reskin their real-world environments (spaces, objects, people, etc.) to look and behave however they want. It won’t be enough to look at anchored apps against the backdrop of a dirty laundry bin or a sink full of dishes; consumers will customize their living rooms to be castles, resorts, Minecraft landscapes, etc. They will dine in the halls of gods and have meetings at the bottom of the ocean. Some may think it dystopian, but I believe the true Metaverse levels the playing field between the haves and have nots, allowing for a landscape of human activities in fantastic environments custom tailored to the user, or a consensual experience tailored to a group. It will eventually be done completely on the fly, and will likely be the true ‘killer app’ of future XR devices.

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🟣 SC 🌀 DTech 🔴 HCI

Highlights include the fact that 27 percent of U.S. adults have used VR – up from 25 percent in Wave 8 of the research. 32 percent of those engage monthly, 25 percent do so weekly, and 26 percent daily. However, the engaged behavior of VR users is contrasted by non-users, who signal low interest. Specifically, only 20 percent of non-users report a desire to try VR in the near term.

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Google's approach with Android XR devices today is to augment existing phones, not replace them. "I know some people think about glasses one day replacing smartphones," says Izadi. "I think it will be this growing ecosystem approach. But we do feel that XR is going to be the next frontier for Gemini, and for AI."

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Rokid has officially unveiled its latest “AR Spatial” display glasses: a lightweight device capable of projecting a virtual image with a diagonal of up to 300 inches (about 5 meters). At the heart of the glasses are 0.68-inch micro-OLED displays from Sony, delivering a resolution of 1,200P, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 600 nits.

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In 2024, Qatar Airways, a frequent winner of the World’s Best Airline award, released its AI “social media ambassador,” Sama (meaning “sky” in Arabic), at the travel conference IBT Berlin. At the start of 2025, Sama was brought to the public with the Instagram profile @SamaOnTheMove. The word “human” comes up more times than you would probably guess for a release about an AI product.

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Surface electromyography (sEMG) technology at the wrist represents the next groundbreaking way for people to control devices throughout their day. This non-invasive wrist device senses and interprets muscle activations that can be used as computer inputs in the form of a human-computer interface (HCI). This will enable people to control their devices “on-the-go” using simple, easy, and expressive input—without needing to shift their attention to a touchscreen or another physical input device.

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The collaboration, titled ‘Re:Imagine London’, is a video game experience within the game where players can explore and build within a virtual London. The partnership’s goal was to encourage players to start exploring urban development and engagement by gamifying a sandbox development.

According to Zaha Hadid Architects, players will be invited to create buildings and walkable areas within a sustainable and mixed-used planning environment.

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